heather

Definitions

nheathercommon Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

nHeatherHeath."Gorse and grass
And heather , where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem."

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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

nheatherHeath: especially applied to Calluna vulgaris, the common heather. It differs from the other true heaths in possessing astringent properties, and is employed by both fullers and dyers. See cut under Calluna.

nheatherThe crowberry, Empetrum nigrum.

nheatherA tweed or similar fabric, usually 56 inches wide, woven of heather-wool, and presenting a color-effect like that of heather. Also called heather mixture.

nheatherMenziesia pilosa. See Menziesia.

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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary

nHeatherheth′ėr the Scotch name for the native species of the Linnæan genus Erica, called in the north of England Ling, esp. Erica (now Calluna) vulgaris, Common Heather, and Erica cinerea, Fine-leaved Heath or Lesser Bell-heather

adjHeatherof the colour of heather

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Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

See Heath

Usage

In literature:

The table had unshaded purple candles and heather in glass dishes.

"The Gay Cockade" by Temple Bailey

Alexander raised himself from his couch in the heather.

"Foes" by Mary Johnston

She ceased to think, and avoiding her hostess and tea, ran over the wooden bridge to the slope of hill and climbed up among the red heather.

LuAnn De Lesseps shocked her fellow Housewives castmate Heather Thomson by telling her she's going ahead with IVF treatments, even though she was just caught possibly cheating on her much younger boyfriend, Jacques Azoulay.